PaulSacramento wrote:No, Genesis was God telling ancient Man how it was in a way that he ( ancient man) would understand based not only on his culture understanding BUT also VS what he was being exposed to via his pagan neighbors.

That's interesting, so God was dumbing down so to speak, for ancient man to understand. There's no doubt about that.

Now all we need to know is the level of Moses' intelligence. Agree?

Was Moses a reflector of other men's thoughts and cultures in his day? Even pagan?

Or was he of a capacity that was of a much higher standard?

I don't think you are suggesting he was not of a high standard, but yet influenced by the day.

PaulSacramento wrote:No, Genesis was God telling ancient Man how it was in a way that he ( ancient man) would understand based not only on his culture understanding BUT also VS what he was being exposed to via his pagan neighbors.

That's interesting, so God was dumbing down so to speak, for ancient man to understand. There's no doubt about that.

Now all we need to know is the level of Moses' intelligence. Agree?

Was Moses a reflector of other men's thoughts and cultures in his day? Even pagan?

Or was he of a capacity that was of a much higher standard?

I don't think you are suggesting he was not of a high standard, but yet influenced by the day.

...something to think about for sure.

It had nothing to do with Moses ( or the writer/editors of Genesis and the rest of the Pentateuch) but the AUDIENCE.Moses had to convey to Israel the teaching that God was sovereign and supreme over ALL creation and he did that dealing the existing pagan creation teachings that Israel had been exposed to.Later editors and copyists had to deal with whatever was influencing Israel at the time they were doing their work ( like being under Babylonian influence for example).

Lonewolf wrote:Was Noah's Ark and the flood story real or just an allegorical story?

How do we get Caucasian, Mongoloid and Negroid races from one race?

And could all those animals in two's and seven pairs really have been less, and subject to Darwinism in the propagation of the species?

There is enough evidence to conclude that a massive flood happened in the ANE ( Ancient Near east), in the Mesopotamia area.There is also evidence from various cultures around the world that massive floods happened there as well, the issue is that the timelines to not sync consistently across the board, in other words that all happened at different times through out ancient history.

Lonewolf wrote:Was Noah's Ark and the flood story real or just an allegorical story?

How do we get Caucasian, Mongoloid and Negroid races from one race?

And could all those animals in two's and seven pairs really have been less, and subject to Darwinism in the propagation of the species?

There is enough evidence to conclude that a massive flood happened in the ANE ( Ancient Near east), in the Mesopotamia area.There is also evidence from various cultures around the world that massive floods happened there as well, the issue is that the timelines to not sync consistently across the board, in other words that all happened at different times through out ancient history.

Pardon my saying Paul, but the issue is much greater than the flood itself., there is a lot to explain "if" the flood is not a literal event in history as has been taught in the church!

Your outward profession of having put on Christ, has as yet to put off Plato from your heart!

Lonewolf wrote:Was Noah's Ark and the flood story real or just an allegorical story?

How do we get Caucasian, Mongoloid and Negroid races from one race?

And could all those animals in two's and seven pairs really have been less, and subject to Darwinism in the propagation of the species?

There is enough evidence to conclude that a massive flood happened in the ANE ( Ancient Near east), in the Mesopotamia area.There is also evidence from various cultures around the world that massive floods happened there as well, the issue is that the timelines to not sync consistently across the board, in other words that all happened at different times through out ancient history.

Pardon my saying Paul, but the issue is much greater than the flood itself., there is a lot to explain "if" the flood is not a literal event in history as has been taught in the church!

In regards to population of the earth, the issue isn't Adam and Eve but Noah and family IF we take the flood as being global ( the reasons are obvious).If the flood was NOT global, then the issue goes back to can the population of the world, all over the world, have been able to come from ONLY TWO people.

PaulSacramento wrote:There is also evidence from various cultures around the world that massive floods happened there as well, the issue is that the timelines to not sync consistently across the board, in other words that all happened at different times through out ancient history.

What is the source of your information about this? None of the flood legends I have read about contain enough information to determine when they took place.

The strongest scientific evidence of a world wide flood is the fact that the fossils that resulted from that flood are found in all parts of the world.

PaulSacramento wrote:There is also evidence from various cultures around the world that massive floods happened there as well, the issue is that the timelines to not sync consistently across the board, in other words that all happened at different times through out ancient history.

What is the source of your information about this? None of the flood legends I have read about contain enough information to determine when they took place.

The strongest scientific evidence of a world wide flood is the fact that the fossils that resulted from that flood are found in all parts of the world.

How could so many people all over the world have myths about a worldwide flood unless such a flood actually happened?

Indeed and that is a great question, which leads us to the questions of when did they happen and how?Did they happen at the same time as Noah's?Our the accounts the same?

They are all accounts of the same event. Since most cultures lost the knowledge of writing the story was passed on orally and over time many of the details got changed but all of them agree one the fact that there was a flood and only a few people survived.

How could so many people all over the world have myths about a worldwide flood unless such a flood actually happened?

Indeed and that is a great question, which leads us to the questions of when did they happen and how?Did they happen at the same time as Noah's?Our the accounts the same?

They are all accounts of the same event. Since most cultures lost the knowledge of writing the story was passed on orally and over time many of the details got changed but all of them agree one the fact that there was a flood and only a few people survived.

Problem with that view is that they are applicable to THEIR cultures and THEIR people, not so far away land.